Ben was disappointed by her practicality, but tried not to show it. "It cools down there around October or November."

That was a long time to wait. Not exactly the fresh new start he'd been hoping for. Travel anywhere during the season would be difficult, though, so he didn't think he could swing anything farther afield than the Mediterranean. He could have taken her somewhere in the continent, but sharing anything about his time on the continent would mean sharing his reasons for going to the continent in the first place, and Ben wasn't sure he was ready for that level of vulnerability.

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